That stripy house saga is still going on while everyone else has moved on with their lives

Basically the owners painted it with an in-your-face design and the neighbours hated it – so complained to the council.

A court order was handed down to repaint it. But the defiant owners have now lodged another appeal against the order.

Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring, 68, was dealt a blow last month after losing her appeal against a Section 215 notice that demanded she repaint her £15million Kensington home ‘in a more suitable manner’ as directed by council officials.

The eccentric homeowner, who lives in Switzerland, but owns the property that sits within the exclusive Kensington Square Conservation Area, painted the stripes apparently in protest at her basement plans being blocked.

Last summer Ms Lisle-Mainwaring lost a high court bid to get the planning refusal on her basement plans overturned.

Neighbours had feared the proposals would turn the home into a so-called ‘iceberg’ mansion and cause them months of misery while works were carried out

But last May she was hit by a council order to return the house to its original state.

After an unsuccessful appeal, District Judge Susan Baines ruled that the colour of the house ‘had an adverse effect of the amenity of the area’ and ordered Ms Lisle-Mainwaring to repaint it within 28 days.